August 7/06 6:59 am - Tour de Bowness: Stage 1

Stage 1 (August 6th): 1.2 kilometre Hill Climb Time Trial held at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary. The event continued today with the Tour de Bowness Criterium, in Bowness (Calgary), Alberta.

Course records fell Sunday evening in both Men's and Women's categories at the first race of the 2006 Tour de Bowness, a 1.2 Kilometre Hill Climb at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary. The entirely uphill race featured a three-up start format, and coursed up the steep, switch-backed grades of the service road at Canada Olympic Park. In the Men's category, Calgary native Philippe Abbott (Italpasta/Transport Belmire) narrowly beat the course record of 3 minutes 21 seconds set by Symmetric's Jacob Erker last year, while mountain-bike marathon and adventure race expert Marg Fedyna (ERTC/redbike) surpassed the existing Women's record by over 30 seconds. One-hundred and five racers contested the Hill Climb.